The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-03
EUROPEAN DRINKS.
A BlcYcLlsT WRITES CONCERNING
CONTINENTAL coNcocTIoNs.
The Ale of England, the Wines and
Absinthc of France, tho Beer of Ger
many and the Coffee of TurIcy-Eng.
lish Mixed Drinks.

liSi Mixed Drinks.
Whist beer and ale might perhaps truth
fully he ca!cl llIr national beverage Of Eng
land even tIl',c days. it is far less so than it
was some Years ago. Engishmcn are taking
Very kindly e late to mixed drinks, and
drink almost as ln,lc whisky in proportion
to malt beverages as wo do. The mixed
drinks of England differ very materially.
however, from those of this country. Shandy-
gaif, II mixture Of ale and ginger, is n favorite
dii:'i among English athletes and frequenters
"l race courses and summer resorts. Another
"i'l mixture is known lis dognose. Dognose
consists Of two-thirlS ale and one-third gin.
Ia" consumption of dognose is confined
c!ii''iN to the lower classes. 1t is drunk mostly
'v old topcrS, whose stomacts have swilled
hce' and porter and 'alf-and'alf until these
comparatively mid beverages 10 longer suf-
ilfe to satisfy their craving. The addition of
the fiery and pcnetrative Old Tom makes Il
combination TINT goes home every timo i'll
spite OF their we'll seasoned condition.
ihe custom of drinking ale at meal times
III English families has made an unfavorable
impression among many American lady visi-
tors. But there is rs much to be said in favor
OF it ns against it. Mrs. John Bull recipro-
Gates with even moro horror at our pitchers
of ice water OH the table. Mrs. John Bull
would seem to have on her side the best OF oil
arguments, too, n robuStcr constitution and
fewer fieShly ills than her ice water drinking
sister
ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.
What says Monsieur lie Frcncl,nan across
the English channel! Beer, Take it away;
tho harharous stuff, fit only for the gross
palates Of Germans and Albions. Whiskys
little better: still altogether too gross and
solid for tho mcrcurial Frcnchman. His
favoritc tipple is nl,snthe. This spirituelle
beverage floats around i'll Pierre Macelottes
nervous system, tingles the nerves and causes
nm t. feel patriotic and sans souc 1t causes
hiln to shout Out i'll his Imagination "Nive la
Franco" and "On to Berlin" This is what
honest Pierre likes, and since absnthe brings
II al'"nt, hc drinks n good deal Of it. Another
b"vcrnS" Is tea and rum. "The ct rum" is
fnv"ritc le"cragc with tile French ladies, who
drop INTO cafes and sip it during tho after
noon promenade or when out shopping. The
French table dEoc is familiar enough to
many of us here, with its inevitable boutelle
de Win or'inaire. This vim ordinaire, or COM
mon rlnlrt, may rigltfully he considered tho
national beverage of La Belle France, for
everybody drinks it. the common country
hotels it flows almost us free as water.
Passing into Germany, it seems hardly
worth while to remind the reader OF German
l'@er. Everybody knows what is the ma
ti"ia beverage Of the Fatherland. The good
people Of SON. German cities well nigh live
Oh l,eer. Tho women drink almost Us freely
of it as their husbands and brothers. Tho
sholgrl OF Iniliner's assistant in Munich will
trip into the neighborin9 beer hall ut noon,
and take for luncheon quart mug of beer and
II piece of bread and radisll. In the evening
she wanders with her sweetheart into an al
fr'scp beer gar7len and passes hour after hour
listening to the band and drinking beer. For
dinner she has probably consumed the second
or third quart OF beer since morning and
Frank!urtcr sausage sandwich. The natural
result OF 81 much beer drinking in proportion
to solid food taken is to give the people of
Munich Il kind of iiabby appearance. and to
make them dr"wsy. The whole city seems to
ln in a srini-comatosc condition. The cab
men fall asleep SO often on their boxes that
The municipal authorities have found it neces-
saly TO impose fines upon hackdrivers founl
asleep at their post. Notwithstanding the
universal consumption of beer, however, the
Germans Of the wealtLicr class drink u good
deal of sclnnpps.